Der Eintrag
Das Kiddy-Citny-Segment, das heute in The Frontier im Research Triangle Park steht, wurde nach Angaben seines heutigen Verwahrers zuerst im Kindermuseum Exploris in der Innenstadt von Raleigh gezeigt.
Die ausführliche Geschichte, die Herkunft und die Quellenangaben dieses Eintrags liegen bislang nur auf Englisch vor.
Hub RTP, the Research Triangle Foundation's development around the Frontier building in Durham, says of the segment lent to Frontier RTP by Gordon Smith that it was originally displayed in the Exploris Museum, now the Marbles Kids Museum, in Raleigh, before it came to the Frontier's atrium, where it sits today. Bob Geolas, the foundation's chief executive at the time, recalls Smith asking him what to do with the piece as Frontier RTP was opening, and suggesting it as a feature in the lobby. The Frontier's own announcement of 30 April 2015 thanks Smith and calls the piece the first section of the Wall ever sold.
The Wall Net, whose entry the Berlin Wall Archive's listing follows, fills in the Raleigh end. The children's museum had an exhibition area representing regions of the world, and Berlin was represented by the segment, which comes from the Waldemarstraße in Kreuzberg and carries one half of a graffito by Kiddy Citny; the other half was at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York and is missing. Both segments came to New York in 1990 in a promotional campaign for the sale of the Wall in the United States by the East German trading company Limex and its American partner. Nothing read says when the segment went into the museum or when it left. The segment itself has its own record at The Frontier.
Wie kam es hierher?
Lent by Gordon Smith; shown in the Exploris museum in Raleigh and, from early 2015, in the atrium of The Frontier, Durham. From the Waldemarstraße in Kreuzberg, with one half of a Kiddy Citny graffito, according to The Wall Net.
Quellen
Gelistet vom Berlin Wall Archive als #342.
Berlin Wall — Hub RTP ↗
The Research Triangle Foundation's Hub RTP page: a piece of the Berlin Wall was lent to Frontier RTP by Gordon Smith; it was originally displayed in the Exploris Museum, now the Marbles Kids Museum, in Raleigh before coming to the atrium of Frontier RTP, where it sits today; Bob Geolas, the foundation's former chief executive, recalls Smith asking about the piece's future as Frontier RTP was opening and suggesting it as a feature in the lobby.
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Berlin Wall — The Frontier, 30 April 2015 ↗
The Frontier's announcement of 30 April 2015: thanks to the local philanthropist Gordon Smith, what it calls the first piece of the Wall ever sold is on display at The Frontier, 800 Park Offices Drive, Durham.
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Raleigh, NC — The Wall Net ↗
Entry of 1 October 2014: one segment from the Waldemarstraße in Kreuzberg, with one half of a graffito by Kiddy Citny, was shown in the Marbles Kids Museum in an exhibition area representing regions of the world, Berlin among them, and has stood in The Frontier, Research Triangle Park, since spring 2015; the matching half was at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York and is missing; both segments came to New York in 1990 in a promotional campaign for the sale of the Wall in the United States by the East German trading company Limex and its American partner, the Berlin Wall Commemorative Group.
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Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
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